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Postby LaCrema on Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:36 am

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It looks like a Llama with wings... Actually, that pin would look perfect on my Armani while driving the Bentley... :lol:
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Postby zin1953 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:32 am

Yeah, but Jacob -- you got to love the description! After all, "rumours have it that it was kissed by Anette"! :wink: :roll: :twisted:
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Postby Jacob on Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:30 am

Thanks for posting the text and picture Dan and Eric.
I just saw the link in a chat-box on espressobar.dk and posted/saved it here in order to check it out later.

LaCrema wrote:It looks like a Llama with wings...

I can't help myself thinking of this (very nice) Danish audio company Gryphon
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Postby LaCrema on Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:20 am

Alright, maybe not really THAT exciting, but interesting and definitely weird. About 2 months ago the little green ball in the picture disappeared, but tonight it returned?! I asked the La Cimbali dealer, "The little green ball disappeared from my Junior S/1, where do you think it went?!" Three responses, one said... "I don't know, let me get some guys (repair techs) in here." One said... "Well, I think it was sucked out and went out the waste tube," the other stated, "I think it was more than likely sucked up into and dissolved in your boiler." I doubted the first tech and then on the second... well I thought I had a good excuse for those bad shots, but now I guess I was wrong. :roll:

SO...

At least I now know my previous "so-so" shots were from blah coffee beans and not from that little green ball. :lol:


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Postby timo888 on Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:20 am

When a woman gives a man coffee, it is a way of showing her desire.
-- Abyssinian proverb

But I wonder what it means when a woman gives her husband a review in The Economist of a novel called The Various Flavors of Coffee, by Anthony Capella. Random House 2008.

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Postby LaCrema on Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:50 am

I was on the way home from my girlfriend's house this morning and came across this... I couldn't resist taking a picture of it, not bad for a cell phone! :D

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Postby zin1953 on Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:57 pm

10 liters with but a single shot???

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Postby Psyd on Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:19 am

Yahbut, it blonded about 23 seconds in. 10 liter sink shot.

OTOH, I'da loved sound on this, and I'da definitely punched those guys in the neck, that walked right in front of my shot!
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Postby Gabelstaplerfahrer on Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:36 am


That thing's TERRIBLE! Look at that white polyurethane foam gluing the food to the saucer, mummifying the coffee within the cup so it'll stay warm for a century.

The horrible, brain-frying slogans and the absolute zero quality JPEG on the background just compete for your attention as if they're all saying "Don't buy this product, it'll ruin your life forever." But hey, frothy milk, that's neat!

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Postby Ernie on Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:30 pm

I'm not so much of a nespresso fan actually, but the aeroccino makes relatively silky foam if you dont push the "foam"-button (that produces scary stuff) but just the "hot milk"-button. With what comes out then you can make latte art.
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